# Unlocking Samsung s7 for at&t to use with sprint?

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**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-samsung-s7-for-at-t-to-use-with-sprint/274415 "2016-11-28T13:26:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-samsung-s7-for-at-t-to-use-with-sprint/274415/1 "2016-11-28T13:26:24Z")

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I can buy a brand new s7 for cheap but not sure if it will work with sprint I know you can call at&t to unlock it but he still owes money on it or should I say has 2 years left on the contract. Hes old and doesn’t like the phone so he offered it to me. He just uses his old phone because it simpler. At&t wont unlock because of this. Sprint said if its unlocked they will give me a different sim card for it and I can use it. How do I go about this, is there a problem because he still under contract with that phone?Any help would be great before I buy it.

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**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-samsung-s7-for-at-t-to-use-with-sprint/274415/2 "2016-12-02T16:54:12Z")

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> [@JDMSIR"](#):
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> I can buy a brand new s7 for cheap but not sure if it will work with sprint I know you can call at&t to unlock it but he still owes money on it or should I say has 2 years left on the contract. Hes old and doesn’t like the phone so he offered it to me. He just uses his old phone because it simpler. At&t wont unlock because of this. Sprint said if its unlocked they will give me a different sim card for it and I can use it. How do I go about this, is there a problem because he still under contract with that phone?Any help would be great before I buy it.

Whoever you are getting the phone will have to do the unlock process with AT&T but the phone itself is capable of working on Sprint from the specs on Samsung’s site.

> **[Unlock Your Phone or Device - AT&T Device Unlock](https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/#/)**
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> Review the eligibility requirements and submit a request to unlock your phone or device.

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**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocking-samsung-s7-for-at-t-to-use-with-sprint/274415/3 "2016-12-03T14:22:20Z")

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If he owes money on it you, another carrier probably won’t activate it.

I have used services online (ebay) who can unlock phones in like 1 hour.

They give you the codes and instructions to put into the phone.

I have unlocked some brand new samsung galaxy gophones to work on another carrier, but this issue with the contract may be a problem.

Might be worth investing 2 bucks or whatever the unlock shop charges for the codes.